Valve holder



- 1,698,396 E. DUCHARME VALVE HOLDER Filed Feb. 25, 1927 Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

UNITED STA rss ELMER DUCHARME, OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS.

vALvn HOLDER.

Application led February 2,5, 1927. Serial No. 171,658.

This invention relates toa valve holder for use in temporarily holding the valves of an internal combustion engine during over-l hauling thereof, but susceptible for holding or retaining other articles.

Itis an object of this invention to provide an improved sectional valve holder for protecting and holding the valves in proper order during theoverhaul period as while in grinding the valves. The valves are relatively delicate parts,each of which should be returned to its own valve seat to insure proper seating and to avoid the necessity'of, and risk of injury involved in stamping numbers on each valve for identifying the valves; and also to protect the valves from injury if they are laid down among the tools; it, therefore, is an object of this invention to provide a compact and convenient holder therefor.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the drawings and specification. f v

This invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings: v

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevatio of a vehicle showing a device embodying the features of this invention in use thereon.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the device.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section on the line III-III of-Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on the line IVIV of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on the line V-'V of Figure 3.

As shown on the drawings:

The parts'of a vehicle shown in Figure 1 comprise the engine 10, radiator 11 and cowl 12 together with three engine valves 13 positioned in a device embodying the features of this invention which may Vbe supported across the radiator and cowl for the convenience of the mechanic working on the engine.

knocked down holder suitable for carrying,

in a tool kit.

'Each section is provided with a number than necessitated The device of this invention comprises aV of aligned apertures 16 in both the top and bottom walls thereof of a size accommodating the largest valve stems likely to be encountered. As such large apertures would not retain smaller valves when placed therein, means are provided to frictionally` en gage the valve stems, comprising a coil spring 17 in each section mounted under a 1 slight tension at the ends on pins 18, the

spring being positioned to partly cover each l valve aperture 16. Between each pair of apertures 16 an indent-ation 19 is pressed into the vside wall of the section to contact the spring in orderthat each valve stem will receive the same pressure from the spring regardless of the presence or absence of valve' stems in adjacent apertures.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with Figures 3 and 5, it will be evident that a valve stem can be inserted in any aperture 16 thus distorting or shoving vthe spring 17 to one side and in turn causing the spring tov press the valve vstein against the sides of the apertures to fricthough the latter might become upset.

l tionally retain the valves in the holder even It will thus be seen that I have provided i a simple and improved valve holder that can be placed ina mechanics tool kit and only enough sections thereof need be assem- Y bled vto suit the particular job in hand as the number of valves on different engines ordinarily varies from 8 to 24.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range withf 1. A 4valve holder comprising a hollowr tube of rectangular cross section having a series of aligned apertures on opposite faces thereof .adapted to receive valve stems,' a coil spring mounted longitudinally within said tube andV extending partly ac ross the aXis of said apertures whereby the insertionv of a valve stem therethrough will displace ysaid spring, and indentations in the wall of saidtube at right angles to the aXis of said apertures 'and midway between adjacent sets thereof, said indentations being adapted to contact said spring and assist in gripping valve stems inserted in said apertures.

2. A device of the class described compris- ,granted hereon, otherwise"y ing epluralty ofI interttinw me1nbers5each mentsV between eachf'pair lof aligned aper-V memberk being of reotenguar section and tures adapted toV engage thesprlng and `lsohaving a number of Ialigned apertures in oplate the sections thereof to increase the holdposite sides thereof, a coil spring longitudi-r ling `power thereof. i,

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through said aligned :ipertulresy and `ibnt-` y ELMER DUCHARME. 

